MUSC 695: Graduate Lecture-Recital
Credit Hours:(6)
Instructional Method: in-person, twice weekly
Prerequisite: MUSC 671
Note(s): to add as an alternative to MUSC 697 and MUSC 699 as a capstone
The lecture-recital shall include an appropriate balance between musical performance and lecture based on scholarly research and may counted as a capstone in the M. A. in Music Degree.
Detailed Description of Content of Course
The Graduate lecture鈥搑ecital shall consist of a full 60 minute presentation and must be based on and include an analytical or historical document all of which are approved by the candidate鈥檚 Graduate Committee no later than thirty days prior to the performance of the lecture-recital. Students are expected to study, prepare and perform works relative to the candidates's chosen medium displaying an advanced level of musical and technical skill; a lecture is given by the candidate displaying an advanced understanding of the literature performed. In addition to preparing appropriate literature for public performance, the course will also include a study of performance techniques, practices and stage deportment.
The student, in consultation with the instructor of the course, shall be responsible for securing the performance and any rehearsal spaces and recital hearing with the music office; obtaining faculty signatures for the recital hearing.
The student will, in consultation with the instructor, meet weekly with the instructor for guidance on preparing and developing the lecture-recital document and rehearsals for the lecture-recital hearing and final capstone performance.
Student Learning Outcomes
In addition to preparing appropriate literature for public performance, the course will also include a study of performance techniques, practices and stage deportment and is viewed as preparation for professional presentations and entry into doctoral programs in applied music performance.
Assessment Measures
The student will, in consultation with the instructor, meet weekly with the instructor for guidance on preparing and developing the lecture-recital document and rehearsals for the lecture-recital hearing and final capstone performance. The student will prepare brief lecture performances in studio class throughout the semester; present videos of the development of their lecture-recital. A recital-hearing in front of a student/advisor selected departmental graduate committee shall determine if the recital be approved.
Upon approval the student performs their lecture-recital, open to the public, and is graded.
Other Course Information
Prerequisites are revised as the level system, previously mentioned, is no longer policy in the department of music.
Approval and Subsequent Review
DATE ACTION REVIEWED BY
February 2007
Reviewed
June, 2023